Umkhuleko wendlamanzi Translations

Question 1

Utshwala bungumalusi wami

Answer 1

Alcohol is my Shepard (Isenzasamuntu)

Question 2

Ngiyohlala ngeswele njalo.

Answer 2

I will always be poor

Question 3

Bungilalis’ emapayini

Answer 3

Alcohol makes me sleep inside sewage pipes

Question 4

Nasemanzin’ abila udaka,

Answer 4

I also sleep in muddy water

Question 5

Noma sengihmamba esigodini (umugqa 5)
Nasethuzini lokweswela, (umugqa 6)
Nobubha obubhebhethekayo, (umugqa 7)

Answer 5

Although I was in the valleys of poverty

Question 6

Ngiyobambela kuwe tshwala

Answer 6

I will cling to you alcohol

Question 7

Ngoba wena tshwala unami.

Answer 7

Because you are with me/ we are bound together

Question 8

Umphefumulo wakho uyangifudumeza,

Answer 8

Your soul keeps me warm (Isenzasamuntu)

Question 9

Udosikazi lwakho luyangintinyela.

Answer 9

I am stung by your might sting (Isingathekiso)

Question 10

Ulungisa itafula lendlala

Answer 10

You lay a table of poverty (Isenzasamuntu)

Question 11

Ulihlobise phambi kwami,

Answer 11

You lay it before me

Question 12

Ulihlobise phambi komndeni wami.

Answer 12

You lay it before my family

Question 13

Nhiyakukhala ngilinde

Answer 13

I will always be waiting

Question 14

Njalo ngasebhodlela-sitolo.

Answer 14

By the bottle store

Question 15

Ngiyakukhala ngilinde

Answer 15

I will always be waiting (Impindamqondo)

Question 16

Njalo ngasebhiya-hholo,

Answer 16

By the beer hall

Question 17

Ngilinde kuze kuvulwe,

Answer 17

Waiting for them to open the bottle store

Question 18

Ngilinde kwamponjwana

Answer 18

So that I start drinking

Question 19

Ngizebethele mina kababa,

Answer 19

I will induldge myself with alcohol, me the son of my father

Question 20

Ngimpempeshele noma bubaba,

Answer 20

I will drink/ empty the bottles even though it’s bitter

Question 21

Ngihliniswe yikho ukubaba.

Answer 21

I will frown because of the bitter taste of alcohol

Question 22

Ngiminye sengiyintekentekana,

Answer 22

I will drink all of it, even though I am drunk

Question 23

Ngiziqhubel’ imbuzi kababa,

Answer 23

I will get very drunk and stumble when I walk

Question 24

Ngiyiqhub’ ingabonwa nangubaba,

Answer 24

I will be so drunk even my biological father will not recognize me (Ihaba)

Question 25

Ngisindwa likhanda selingangobaba,

Answer 25

My head will be so heavy and hangover

Question 26

Ngiyozithukus’ emzini kababa.

Answer 26

I will go sleep at my father’s house

Question 27

Hhaleluya!

Answer 27

Praise the lord